Hamez Jashari

Hamez Jashari (1950-7 March 1998) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army and the brother of Adem Jashari.

Biography
Hamez Jashari was born in 1950 in Prekaz, SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia to a family of Sunni Muslim Kosovar Albanians. The brother of Adem Jashari, Hamez became one of the main commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army during their struggle for autonomy from Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, and on 7 March 1998 the Yugoslav People's Army launched an attack on their 28 militants in Prekaz. 58 Kosovar Albanians, including 18 women and 10 children, were killed in the Attack on Prekaz by the government.